Graphics drivers
NVIDIA and AMD driver and control panel problems.
Fixes
- The Witcher 3 Remastered: Low FPS and Stuttering on PCFixThe Witcher 3 Remastered tanks framerates on PC largely because of NVIDIA HairWorks, which CD PROJEKT RED says to disable. Here is that fix and what else to check.Last verified October 2026
- Monitor won't wake from sleep on DisplayPort after an NVIDIA driver updateFixNVIDIA confirmed its Release 615 drivers could stop DisplayPort monitors waking from sleep, and fixed it in 617.14 on 22 September 2026. How to tell if that is your black screen.Last verified September 2026
- AMD Adrenalin install fails at the AI Bundle stepFixAMD's AI Bundle is optional and downloads from HuggingFace and GitHub. If your Adrenalin install fails there, deselect it under Custom Install and the driver still installs.Last verified October 2026
- Remote Desktop shows a black screen or drops after the September 2026 updatesFixA black Remote Desktop window is NVIDIA driver 616.56 — update to 616.92. Sessions that drop after a few minutes are Windows KB5124008 — install the 14 September out-of-band update.Last verified September 2026
- DLSS 5 Neural Rendering Missing? What Actually Enables ItFixDLSS 5 neural rendering needs three things at once: an RTX 50 Series GPU, driver 616.64 or later, and a game that integrated it. Here is how to tell which one you are missing.Last verified September 2026
- Judgment, Lost Judgment and Virtua Fighter 5 R.E.V.O. won't launch after the NVIDIA 616.56 driverFixNVIDIA fixed this in Game Ready 617.14 on 22 September 2026. Update the driver — the rollback that was the only answer through 616.92 is no longer needed.Last verified September 2026
- Assassin's Creed Shadows crashes to desktop after the NVIDIA 616.56 driverFixStill unfixed in NVIDIA 617.14 of 22 September 2026, where it is the only open issue left. Rolling back to a pre-616.56 driver remains the only workaround.Last verified September 2026
- Virtual display stops working after the NVIDIA 616.56 driverFixNVIDIA's 616.56 driver broke virtual display creation, which breaks headless Sunshine, Apollo and Moonlight streaming. WHQL driver 616.92 now contains the fix.Last verified September 2026
- "Prefer maximum performance" does nothing on NVIDIA 610.88 through 616.92FixNVIDIA listed this open from 610.88 to 616.92. It vanished from the 617.14 notes without being listed as fixed — worth trying, but not yet a confirmed fix.Last verified September 2026
- Apex Legends and Starfield crash on Radeon RX 9000 cards after Adrenalin 26.8.1FixAMD fixed both crashes in Adrenalin 26.9.1 on 3 September 2026. The rollback to 26.7.1 that most guides still recommend is no longer needed, and never worked reliably for Apex.Last verified October 2026
- Smart Access Memory Turns Itself Off After an AMD Driver Update on Windows 10FixAMD lists Smart Access Memory switching itself off after a driver install on Windows 10 as an open known issue. Nothing warns you — here is how to check and switch it back on.Last verified September 2026
- Screen flickering and dark flashes after the NVIDIA 616.56 driverFix616.92 fixed the browser flicker NVIDIA documented, and 617.14 of 22 September does not address the wider 8-bit flicker. For that, 10 bpc or a rollback is still it.Last verified September 2026
- G-Sync or FreeSync not working in borderless windowed modeFixVRR engages in full screen but not in a borderless window. Four Windows and GPU settings decide this, and the one most guides skip is Optimizations for windowed games.Last verified September 2026
- Game runs on the integrated GPU instead of the NVIDIA oneFixSetting the preferred GPU in the NVIDIA Control Panel does nothing on modern Windows — the OS overrides it. Here is the setting that actually decides, and how to check it stuck.Last verified September 2026
- HDR looks washed out or grey in games on Windows 11FixGrey blacks, flat colour and a dull desktop after turning on HDR in Windows 11. Work out whether HDR is actually engaged, then fix the brightness slider, Night Light and calibration.Last verified September 2026
- Game Shows a Black Screen on Launch but the Audio PlaysFixWorking audio proves the game is running and rendering. The picture is going somewhere you cannot see — another display, an unsupported mode, or an HDR mismatch.Last verified September 2026
- Game Crashes When You Alt-Tab on Windows 11FixAlt-tab crashes are a lost graphics device, not a broken game. Exclusive fullscreen and laptop GPU switching cause most of them — and disabling Fullscreen Optimizations makes it worse.Last verified August 2026
- Discord Screen Share Shows a Black ScreenFixA black Discord stream is a capture problem, not a Discord bug. Exclusive fullscreen and privilege mismatches are the usual causes — audio keeps working, which is the clue.Last verified August 2026
- Game Stuttering After an NVIDIA Driver UpdateFixStuttering right after a driver update is often shader caches rebuilding, not a bad driver. Give it a few sessions before rolling back, then check GPU scheduling.Last verified September 2026
Compatibility
- Does FSR 4 work on Radeon RX 7000 cards?PartiallyYes for the upscaler, no for the rest. FSR Upscaling 4.1 reached RX 7000 in Adrenalin 26.6.2, but ML frame generation stays RX 9000-only and RX 6000 waits for 2027.Last verified September 2026
- Does DLSS 4 work on RTX 30 and RTX 40 cards?PartiallyMost of DLSS 4 reaches older RTX cards, but the headline frame multiplier does not. What RTX 20, 30 and 40 owners actually get, what they do not, and how to turn it on.Last verified September 2026
- Does Hardware-Accelerated GPU Scheduling Improve Performance?PartiallyMicrosoft's own position is that you should not notice a significant change. It is a latency feature, not the free frame rate boost it gets recommended as.Last verified September 2026
About Graphics drivers pages
What is collected here
Every published fix and compatibility answer tagged Graphics drivers, newest first. A page appears here whenever Graphics drivers is one of the things it affects, so pages that span several areas show up under each of them rather than only the first.
Fixes and compatibility answers are different things
A fix addresses something that is broken and walks through resolving it. A compatibility answer addresses whether two things work together at all, and opens with yes, no, or partly. They are listed separately because the question you arrived with determines which one helps.
Ordering and dates
Within a page, fixes run safest-first: the reversible steps come before the invasive ones. Across this list, pages carry either a verification date, meaning the claims were re-checked against their sources, or an updated date where no re-check has run yet.
The rules behind all of this are written down in the editorial standards, and the publishing system enforces them. Found a fix that is wrong, outdated, or unsafe? Tell us — corrections are handled before new pages.